I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Observe, keep, and hold fast the Letter of it; for though the Letter of the Scripture be not the Word alone, yet the Letter with the true sense and meaning of it, is the Word. The Body of a Man, is not the Man; but the Body and Soul together, make up the whole man: the Soul alone, or the Body alone, is not the Man. So here;¹ though the Letter of the Scripture alone, do not make up the Word; yet the Letter, and sense together, do: and if ye destroy the Body, ye destroy the Man; so if ye destroy the Letter of the Scripture, you do destroy the Scripture; and if you deny the Letter, how is it possible that you should attain to the true sense thereof, when the Sense lies wrapped up in the Letters, and the words thereof?

Observe, keep, and hold fast the Letter of it; for though the Letter of the Scripture be not the Word alone, yet the Letter with the true sense and meaning of it, is the Word. The Body of a Man, is not the Man; but the Body and Soul together, make up the whol man: the Soul alone, or the Body alone, is not the Man. So here;¹ though the Letter of the Scripture alone, do not make up the Word; yet the Letter, and sense together, do: and if ye destroy the Body, ye destroy the Man; so if ye destroy the Letter of the Scripture, you do destroy the Scripture; and if you deny the Letter, how is it possible that you should attain to the true sense thereof, when the Sense lies wrapped up in the Letters, and the words thereof?

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] &c. [Greek or Hebrew] in lego sine Scripturis non est litera a qua non pendent magni montes Doctrinarum. Rabbim.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 &c. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in lego sine Scripturis non est litera a qua non pendent magni montes Doctrinarum. Rabbim.